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Kansas City Chiefs Join More Than 50 Other Teams As Super Bowl Champions

Kansas City Fights Back

It's not as if they didn't know whether they could do it -- they'd done it before. No statistic explains the Chiefs' Super Bowl run quite like their 5-0 record with Mahomes at quarterback when trailing by double digits, including in three straight playoff games -- down 24 points in the first half against Houston, then 10 points against Tennessee the next week. (The Chiefs went on to win those five games by an average of 12.8 PPG.)

So instead of tightening after a sluggish three-plus quarters, their confidence overwhelmed the opponent. It didn't take a big pep talk from Mahomes or anyone else on the office -- just something like, "Next play, just wait for our time," fullback Anthony Sherman said.

San Francisco hadn't given up 21 points in a single quarter since Week 3 of last season, but double-digit comebacks are practically ho-hum for Kansas City by now. This time, the Chiefs broke their five-decade Super Bowl streak because they overcame bad play with soul-stripping runs. Speed all over the field flips big games within seconds, similar to the Golden State Warriors' signature barrages of 3-pointers.

Congratulations Kansas City! It was 50 years in the making.

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